Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-31
M Il DICA INH A l. A T. q N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

|OUR TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES
~ of the respiratory passages consists IL
/ the employment of Medical Inhalation fOl
its direct effects on the diseased organs
and, at the same time, adopting such hy
medicines by the stomach as will most u.
fectually purify the blood. give tons to
the nervous system, and bald up and
strengthen the general constitute. Iu
other words, we employ combin, local
| What Is MEDICAL Inhalati ? Before
stating briefly. what Medic inhalation
| is, we propose, in as few W DIS as posi- BILE,
| to state clearly what it is {.
Medical Inhalation Is not cure-all. a
| nOstrum, or panacea. 1t ts not specific
| remedy for any disc >e. 1t is not quack
medicine, or adve tised to cure any or all
fill the pockets its proprietors 1t is mo-
| q talisman, WI" possession insures health
| to its posse or without the intervention of
| sense or j ogment. Medical Inhalation is
none of these things.
Medical Inhalation is simply aud solely a
method Of taking medicines by inhsling or
breathing them into the lungs instead Of
swallowing them into the stomach. By In.
hslation, the proper medicines are applied
directly to the seat of the disease, In the
nose, throat or lungs; and 1t is clear to
every reasoning per- on how peculiarly ap.
plicable Inha alton is in the disorders Of
the organs named. If you have scalded or
burned the surface of the body. or wounded
any limb or member. you do not swallow
the remedy intended to heal the disor
ganized tissue. On the contrary, you apply
1t directly to the seat of the wound or in
jury Why. then; when suffering from ca.
tari h of the nasal pas saees or throat. or Of.
flicted wi h ulceratio, Of the lungs, should
you rely on medicines taken into the
Medical Inhalation not only applies the
proper healing remedies to the seat of the
disease, but It applies the remedy in the
gaseous or vapOrOus form, in which form,
as is well known, medicines act most power.
the effect of drachm of chloroform, when
inhaled or breathed, than many times the
quantity when swallowed into the stomach.
The same Ia true of chlorine, of iodine. and
the medicine is not poured into the stomach
aud thence sent wandering through the
system In search OF q malady which may be
mainly or entirely local one; but by this
rectly to the diseased organ. Who. after
studyii z the anotomy of the lungs can
dou bt that Inflammation and liberation Of
the air-tubes and air-cells. the direct applt-
cation of the healing medicine by inhala.
ton to the diseased p -rts, Is the correct and
rational method of treatment Who. on
the other hand, can be SO irrational as to
believe that the proper and direct way to
passages in this case, is by the way of the
stomach? Ply ysiology teaches us that the
membrane, or skin, lining the airpassages
of the nose, throat and lungs, Is only
slightly modified form & q the same ttructure tuae
of the body. Why, then, should local treat
ment be proper and necessary for tnham
nations, cOngestiOns and ulcerat1ons OF the
one and not be equally so IN the case OF the
other?
Our experience and success in treating
diseases Of the nose, throat and lungs. de-
monstrates, beyond all question, that the
true scientific treatment OF these diseases is
that treatment which combines the local
effects of medical inhalation with the con-
stitutional effects of systematic remedies
given in the usual way by the stomach
One or both methods must be adopted as
the circumstances demand, and such RENE
dies must be employed as the experience
and Judgment of the physician have proved
to be proper in each particular case.
Medical Advocates of inhalation.
Physicians who were educated twenty
wears ago or more, and who have not kept
up with the times in the advance IN med1.
cal science, have very little idea OF the great
Medical Inhalation in the treatment OF pull
monary diseases To such an extent Is this
true that no patient should intrust MS case
to any physician who Is not well prepared
ana tluTOuRuly eQuIppcu WAth
necessary Tor the administering of the
proper remedies by the method OF inhala-
ton.
lation In cases seemingly past an neip, ana
the uniform success attending its uss In
diseases of the respiratory organs, renoe,s
it obligatory on every honest physician 70
at once apply himself to gain pract1cal
knowledge Of the Inhalation. or, II !nat is
not possible, he Is at least Dounu 10 oecllne
tn treat such cases,
Among the most eminent physicians OF
the age VIII are fully awakened TO the value
of Medical Inhalation in these diseases are
'"T The ceie bfated DR.. Burden sauni iersou;
DR.. La Roche, OF the Paris Academy OF
Medicine; DR.. Frederick Langhsus, OF bei-
lin; Drs. Klebs and Tommasi-Crudeii; sir
Archibald Dickson, of Edinburgh, Scotland;
DR.. Eichler DR.. Cameron, DR.. Gurdon Buck,
Prof. Albert Lehert, the celebrated DR..
Hughlings Jackson the venerable DR.. Rob-
ert Dickinson. Prof. Thierfelder. Spencer
Drs. Fritsch and Hitlig DR. Fothergill, DR..
Richard Thompson, DR.. X. Carpenter,
Drs Anstie, Ball, Fuller. Lancereaux,
Krauss, Huguenie, Heller. Orth, Corrisan'
Fenwick, and many others.
With scarcely a single exception every
medical authority OF eminence recognizes
the wonderful potency of this new method,
and the coming generation OF physlclans
are certain to be thoroughly educated
therein. At present it is only few physi-
clans here and there who have made "Dis-
eases of Respiration" a life study tn + are
fitted in any way to employ the wonderful
resources Of Medical Inhalation In the cure
of these diseases
The Durability Of Consumption.
For five years the celebrated DR.. I. H
Bennett waa pathologist to the .yal In.
firmary Of Edinburgh, and In his great
work on Consumption" he makes the fol-
lowing statement:
"During this period made upwards OF
1000 ost-mortem examinations Of persons
dying from various diseases, and was
constantly. meeting with cases in which l
found cavities in the lungs from consump-
tion, which had evidently healed up or
cicatrized years before the death of the
subject. Nature did not seem to have been
successful in restoring the wasted Jung
substance, but the cavities were dried up,
| the progress of the disease ARE sted, and
| the subject lived for years, with diminished
lung power 1t is true, but otherwise In good
health"